I have to say I think your reasoning is egregiously faulty. We do not know whether or not art humanized Nazi leaders. What would be the "control group"? We do not know whether or not your presumed notion of being humanized contradicted what the Nazis regarded as humanized. You like to make simplistic analogies (like the car to Hoboken, or the Linus Pauling quip) to clarify difficult concepts but all they all fall far short of mirroring the abstract concepts. In fact, isn't that one of the reasons why analogies are avoided in scientific explications? WC
--- On Sat, 12/20/08, Geoff <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Geoff <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Geoff, Neurology and "Art" > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, December 20, 2008, 10:20 PM > Boris: I would tend to agree that art is good for our cells. > I understand > that art however did not humanize the Nazi brass. I also > assume that the art > to which you might refer might be rather different for > different persons. > And that someone else's choice of art choice of art > might be noxious for my > cells. And then, is it all my cells and if not, which ones > wouldn't benefit? > Geoff C > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 9:02 PM > Subject: Re: Geoff, Neurology and "Art" > > > > If you admit you understand an elegance of mechanism > of the evolutionary > > process, than it is obvious that art is one of the > physiological and > > psychological tools for adaptation of humans. > > Art is good for our cells. Sorry, but I said it before > and I say it again. > > Boris Shoshensky > > > > -- "Geoff" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I guess someone would have to change my beliefs. > > Geoff C > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "William Conger" > <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 5:55 PM > > Subject: Re: Geoff, Neurology and "Art" > > > > > >> If you admit you know little of art/aesthetics how > can you be persuaded > >> that something is relevant to it? > >> WC > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > Click here for free information on how to reduce your > debt by filing for > > bankruptcy. > > > http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/fc/PnY6rx9xtQZFOgKuMA9u7PCN0ddzCY > > x7hAv47f8OCc0nEUa7wjZYo/
